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Lesotho: Prime Minister Rejects Retirement Offer Amid Estranged Wife's Murder Scandal
VOA, 24 April 2020
Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane is rejecting an offer of an immediate, dignified retirement, telling the Lesotho Times he will not be told when to leave office. Read more »
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Lesotho: Coalition Government Calls for Prime Minister's Immediate Resignation
VOA, 21 April 2020
The southern African country of Lesotho’s coalition government is calling for the immediate resignation of scandal-plagued Prime Minister Thomas Thabane. Read more »
Calls For Lesotho's Thabane to Quit as Army Leaves Streets
Lesotho's coalition government has agreed with South African mediators and other stakeholders, on a guaranteed "dignified, graceful and secure retirement" for embattled Prime Minister Thomas Thabane who has been under pressure to leave office over suspicions that he had a hand in the murder of his estranged wife in 2017. Thabane has also been criticised for sending soldiers onto the streets of the capital, Maseru, to "restore order" before withdrawing them.
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Lesotho: Abide by SADC Decisions, Former Deputy PM Metsing Tells Govt
Lesotho Times, 9 April 2020
Opposition Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) leader Mothetjoa Metsing says Lesotho must choose between complying with SADC decisions and being isolated from the regional bloc. Read more »
InFocus
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The courts do not have the powers to order the removal of a prime minister, Constitutional Court Judge Sakoane Sakoane has said. Earlier, Prime Minister Thomas Thabane offered to ... Read more »
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Finance Minister Moeketsi Majoro, who was unanimously chosen by the All Basotho Convention legislators to succeed Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, says he is ready to take over when ... Read more »
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The police have said they will lay criminal charges against senior judicial officers involved in a controversial decision to release First Lady Maesaiah Thabane on bail in February ... Read more »
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Lesotho is awaiting a historic court ruling that could see its prime minister, Thomas Thabane, charged with murdering his wife. The case, which also involves his current wife, has ... Read more »
